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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Will Steinberg via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] video which changed my perspective<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>>… The science is clear, the anecdotes are clear, everything is clear--psychedelics are massively useful tools for lots of things. For helping in therapy with trauma, end-of-life fear…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It occurred to me we might be asking the wrong question here. I listened to the commentary and had an idea. I am good at introspection (it is my favorite brand of spection) so I asked myself why. I hear the description of the payoff: colorful rooms with incense, Persian rugs, naked nymph feeding me honeydew, silken floor pillows and so forth, and ask myself if I care about any of that. Answer: noooooo. OK partial retraction: the naked nymph part sounds cool, but if my bride caught me doing it she would kick my ass until it is between my shoulders.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But it caused my focus to shift on the part about sitting is a gray drab room. I don’t. My room is normal and I do sit, but I have a lotta fun in here. I don’t have end of life fear (I might at some point, but I don’t now.) I don’t have trauma, anxiety, I am not depressed as far as I can tell.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Well then, I get it. These medications work for some people. I am not one of them. I am one of the lucky ones: I don’t need to take the risk. I like things the way they are. I like being me. I am good at being me. My favorite cartoon guy is Tigger from Winnie the Pooh. Being me is what I do best. Acid is for Eeyore. Reality is for Tigger.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>